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They can get stuffed.

Best i could do back in the day was owning a Chroma Polaris. I never could afford a chroma even when they became old. Unfortunately it was never quite right as it was bought from the chroma importer as a repaired unit but sold "AS IS" as it wasnt "the full quid" (wasnt up to scratch) i remember I subsequently pulled it apart and actually got it to work better. If I remember correctly i mucked about with the multi cabled connectors. (I think this was a common problem) I know they also had problems with the soft button membranes too though i dont think that was a problem then as this was probably the late 80s so not so old. I never found it a marvelous sounding machine so i let it go. I rhink i broke even after getting it working better. PS: im assuming the expander is 25 grand USD as the USD doesnt show in the advert but it works out to $38,927.08 AUD + Shipping for us Down Under Chunder Wonders

Love your work and the keyboard sounds great.

There's a cross on the muzzle of the pistol with the bullet and a nick on the handle of the pistol with the blank. Got it?

Oh sorry .................. i could have swore you said Colonel Mustard

That almost looks like an Andersons "powerpole" connector (brand name) as used for connecting ni-cad battery packs to ESC in rc cars

Its bloody brilliant. Obviously changing the spring tension rather than a counter weight in the illustration Or could it articulate some mechanical fulcrum? Like your thinking here In the above illustration the key springs rather than on the end of a key could be compressional springs like on a valve. Although it could work on those on end of keys though spring tension would likely eventually change with use. Ie stretch It would only be creating semi weighted though not piano weighted To make a piano feel would require the cam lobes actuating mechanical counter weights or such

Yes the red glue reference was a dig at Rolands red glue fiasco on their semi weighted keyboards not a hammer action (Workstations like their XP80). An in joke for those who owned them and literally had or have lead weights dropping out at their feet.

Roland already tried this on many of their 90s keyboards. It wasnt received well. Its the Red glue convertible keyboard The red glue turns to red goo and the weights drop out. Instantly the weighted keyboard becomes a non weighted keybed. Only thing is Roland never came up with the answer to getting it back to a weighted keybed. Idea was there but it lacked mechanical nouse to make it fool proof.

Yep now perfect on my phone.

Thought id point it out here away from comments as sometimes it gets lost in the noise of comments. Definately something amiss the last half of the recording is so low when on a phone youd give up listening. Hope this helps. Ive listened to many of your videos over the years and this one definately is screwy for some of us. Lets blame the phones.

Hey may be the problem although its on both keyboatds as from that point all sounds on both keyboards are so low I couldnt discern any nuances. Im listeming on a phone so in mono not everyone mentioned it so others maybe on computer

I thought so too so i read the comments to make sure it was my end but there is a number of replies on your youtube comments section saying the same problem Starts with the 78RD at 2:37. Not everone mentioned it but a fair number did.

Hey woody thanks for that but just a heads up the audio drops out half way thru. Cheers

Ever do a "smear" on your clonewheel. Is "smear" a colloquialism for "skids"? I tried NOT to ask this but its gnawing away at me. Definately "sweep it off the stand".

I concur with my Antipodean friend. For years Australia has been the "A'hole" end of the world in regards to getting the "odd" music brands. Especially in the 80s and 90s. Yes sure Roland, Yamaha, Korg were lining the wall of those shops but anything out of the ordinary were few and far between. I remember in the 80s my first experience of Italian keyboards and modules totally blew me away (i even think it was a shop in Parramatta so not Sydney proper). I thought these really inspire my sense of something different but alas in Australia were too expensive. (I used to dream about them as Im a sucker for non mainstream things and some synths vintage i have presently are definately non main stream and oddballs that have gone under the radar.) To me I admire all Italian manufacturers for their differences to the big 3. I hope they put others on notice. Latest Italian keyboard I acquired was a Numa Cocal 2x infact from DeltaJockey himself. Although im in the middle of selling house and its packed away in the limited time Ive been able to play it i am very impressed. Sure there are things i dont like but overal i think its a great lightweight board. Once i get back to gigging when this monumental move finally happens then Ill get to see how it is for me. Id consider a Numa X 73 if it was lighter ( i got the lighter Numa Cocal 2x because it was light weight due to my health) but i know the Numa X 73 will have the zoning style of the later 80s and 90s that so many modern keyboards lack and what I really love. Once DAWs came in zoning keyboards were more orientated away from stage use. Studiologic in my mind by what I read shows how a gigging zoning keyboard should be (albeit now with great sounds). Perhaps a lightweight 73 note Numa Cocal with the Numa Xs zone ability would be a light weight blast. But never the less once I pull out my Numa Cocal 2x to gig i guess Ill find my use for its lessor zoning abilities. Some is better than nothing. "Good on'ya my Italian Cobbers". Dont let the big guys stop your innovations.

Yep all keyboards without midi dins can go get stuffed. There said it.

Please report back. Cheers

Everyone so hung up on dress code. Hee hee What would be the ultimate "lets not worry about dress code gig" ? a Naturists gig?

There'll be more soon enough if you live in a populated area/city. Bide your time.

Give it a miss

Great advert demostrating the actual sveltness of this keyboard though some would complain about the advert sexist approach the actual piano looks the steathiest and sveltest piano ever built. Photograph it anyway you like and you cant say it doesnt look good. And at the time was considered a very nice keyboard to play. The modern slimline casio looks good but doesnt look as good as this keyboard. I cant argue the slimline casio doesnt look good but this piano has never been beat in looks department. With the goods to back up the looks When it came out in Sydney it hit the market like a whirlwind as did the KN2000. Those were the days

It knocked me out when introduced and it heralded in the sleek and lighter pianos long before Casio caught on to it. Although it was 18kg which doesnt sound light now it was the slimest and lightest digital piano going back then. I wanted one but delayed until years later Casio introduced the lightest. But it was Technics that heralded in this new era and doesnt get any recognition for it. Technics should have stayed at keyboards as they had very innovative designs in this piano, in the WSa1 synth and the KN2000 (possibly first with a large screen) both of which I have. But are in storage. I always give Cudos to Technics an under admired innovator.

Hee hee. like Tesla electricity into a Tesla.

Thanks Elmer for the headsup here. That would eliminate it for me as an altetnative to a zoner like a Sipario but with onboard sounds. Ive been surfing the net gleaning info on it and low latency is mentioned but sort of brushed over. I dont think its overly used for gigging but more home noodlers perhaps.